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Monday, October 21, 2013

Just One of Those Days...

You know those days, where everything seems to be going well and then all of a sudden out of nowhere, it just flops? I had one of those days last Friday.

It started out so good too. I woke up in a cheery mood and decided that I was going to be super productive and get a ton of stuff done. I tidied the house, did the dishes, collected the eggs, made plum jam, made an upside down plum cake and started making bread (from scratch) all before 11:00am!

I felt good. So proud of myself.

And then it happened. While I was taking my plum cake out of the oven, it slipped.

And flipped onto the oven door.

I admit, I swore when it happened. It made me so mad, after all that work, to lose all my fabulous GF/DF cake I made. But after swearing and feeling just about ready to cry, I decided I could totally salvage some of it.

So I did what any sane person would do. I pulled out a spatula and scraped as much as I could up into a bowl.

And then I tasted some, just to be sure that it actually turned out. Although looking back, I should have tasted it before I went to the work of saving as much as I could.

Unfortunately, there was still quite a bit of cake smooshed between the door and the bottom of the oven.

But it was too hot to work with and it was making me too grumpy, so I left it and went for a walk. At least I got a walk in!

Upon my return, I realized I had to deal with it immediately since I needed the oven to cook my bread that was rising. So I got to work cleaning up the sticky crumby mess. It was everywhere, including the bottom drawer of the stove.

But I finally got it all picked up, minus a few crumbs on the floor but Mia dealt with those.

Once I had the stove ready to go again, I checked on my plum jam that was cool by now. Only to discover, it totally didn't set. Again. Maybe I should just give up on jam.

So after the flop of the cake and the runny jam, I was beginning to get really concerned about the bread. This was the first time I have made bread from scratch in probably four years.

But alas, the bread worked. Good thing too, since the rest of my day had gone to the dogs.

Just to clarify, this bread is NOT gluten-free. It's to freeze for Dan to make sandwiches with. I have yet to try gluten-free bread but I think it should be next on my challenge list.

So overall, the day wasn't a complete disaster. But it definitely didn't go as planned and my proud productive feelings only lasted a couple hours in the morning. Once the bread was done, I gave up on the rest of the day and worked on some knitting while watching Downton Abbey.

What about you? When was the last time you had a day just go downhill?

Casey - It was very sad but the cake was worth saving. Very tasty! I cannot make brownies for the life of me, they never turn out right. I think most things with chocolate taste pretty good though, so I'm glad yours were 150% delicious!

Erin - Yes, I can laugh about it now. But at the time, it was very very sad. As for my gluten-free recipes, I get a lot of them off Pinterest but lately have also been converting normal recipes, like the plum cake. It was my mom's and I just substituted the flour and milk for GF and DF options.

This one time, I was making a smoothie with my immersion blender and I left it in the measuring cup for a second while I turned to the fridge and when I turned back it had tipped over, splattering smoothie all down the cupboards, on the floor, wall, fridge, and even reaching out to the living room carpet. :( I was very sad/mad. Sorry last Friday didn't go exactly as planned. It was good to talk to you though :).

Oh, Jenn--what a mess! I get so frustrated when things compound like that (losing the cake PLUS the jam not setting PLUS having to clean the whole oven). I think you did a great job of finding some good in the day--and that bread looks simply delicious!

Days like this happen to me often. Usually it's a day I have energy and I have a long list to get done. It never fails that I just keep trying to make more stuff and stuff continues to flop.Oh well, such if life!Glad your bread turned out well at least :)

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Ever since I was a little girl I wanted to be a homemaker. This blog captures my journey as I live out my dream. I will be sharing my life – from my struggles trying to have a baby to my day-to-day homemaking adventures. I am learning to enjoy every day that I am given and to live life to the fullest.